Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet Debate Team:

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@ 2015 Meadows & University of North Texas

Varsity LD:Dino De La O reached octos of Meadows.

Varsity CX: Crayton Gerst & Vernon Johnson earned their 2nd TOC bid by reaching Semis.

Varsity LD: Cassandra Lizardi reached octos of UNT. And David Rocha was 1st speaker! David and Kia Jackson also had winning records.

Varsity CX: Michael Vera was 5th speaker at UNT!



@ 2015 Naaman Forest
Varsity LD: Cassandra Lizardi reached octos!Varsity CX: Gabriel Sanchez & Rafael Sanchez reached quarters!

@ 2015 MidAmerica Cup

Varsity LD:Dino De La O earned this 3rd TOC bid by reaching Quarters. He was awarded as the 8th speaker.
Varsity CX:Evan Gilbert & Larry Taylor earned their 1st TOC bid by reaching Semis. Evan was awarded as 5th speaker, and Larry was top speaker!



@ 2015 Greenhill & LoveJoy
Varsity LD:Dino De La O earned his 2nd TOC bid by reaching Octos. And at the Greenhill Round Robin, he placed 3rd in his pod with 9 ballots.
Varsity CX:Crayton Gerst & Vernon Johnson earned their 1st TOC bid of the year by reaching Octos. And at the Greenhill Round Robin, the tied for 4th place in their pod with 6 ballots.


@ 2015 Grapevine & Princeton
Varsity LD:
Dino De La O earned his 1st TOC bid of the year by reaching Semis of Grapevine. He was also awarded as the first speaker.
Domestic Extemp:Michael Gao earned his 1st NIETOC bid in extemp and 6 TFA points by placing 4th.
Varsity CX:Gerardo Guzman & Harrison Hamric earned 4 TFA points by reaching Semis of the Princeton HS tournament.


@ 2015 Wake Forest & Plano Sr.
Varsity CX:Crayton Gerst & Vernon Johnson was top seed and reached Octos. Crayton was also awarded as the 3rd speaker and Vernon as 20th speaker.
Alex Baez & Michael Vera earned a 4-2 win/loss record and were 33rd seed.

Varsity LD:Kia Jackson earned 3 TFA points by reaching Quarters of Plano Sr. High.Michael Gao earned 2 TFA points by reaching Octos.David Rocha earned 2 TFA points by reaching Octos
Domestic Extemp:Michael Gao earned 6 TFA points by placing 4th.



@ 2015 NSDA NATIONALS

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Over the summer, Law Magnet continued to set new standards for debate in Dallas ISD. Our students competed against some of the best debaters in the nation!

Qualifying to the 2015 National Speech & Debate Association National Tournament:

  • L'Aunjanee Carriere (Worlds debate)
  • Crayton Gerst & Vernon Johnson (Policy debate) - reached elimination rounds
  • Alex Baez & Michael Vera (Policy debate) - reached elimination rounds


L'Aunjanee was selected to represent our NSDA district by competing on a hybrid team in the inaugural Worlds Debate competition at NSDA nationals! L'Aunjanee competed on a 5 person team that consisted of debaters from Greenhill, Grapevine, and other schools in the DFW metroplex.

This marked the second year in a row that Crayton, Vernon, Alex, and Michael qualified to NSDA Nationals! In doing so, they became the first debaters in the history of Dallas ISD to qualify to nationals in consecutive years!

Both policy debate teams (Crayton/Vernon and Alex/Michael) won enough preliminary debates to advance to elimination rounds. This marks the first time that any debaters from Dallas ISD have advanced past prelims at the prestigious NSDA nationals!